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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 2, the boy remembers being trapped where?
(a) In the church after service.
(b) In the basement of the distillery.
(c) In his sister's bedroom.
(d) In the secret passage of Grianan.

2. What do people believe lay below the ruins of Grianan?
(a) The bodies of legendary ancient warriors.
(b) The ghosts of unborn children.
(c) The souls of those who had disappeared.
(d) The souls of those who did not have a Christian burial.

3. What are the IRA gunmen protesting at the shootout at the distillery?
(a) The prohibition of alcohol.
(b) The death of a policeman.
(c) The shutdown of the distillery.
(d) The founding of Northern Ireland.

4. Where does the boy tell his father in Chapter 2 that he would like to go?
(a) Grianan.
(b) The Field of the Disappeared.
(c) Donegal.
(d) Buncrana.

5. Why is the murder case of 1921 thrown out of court?
(a) The murder suspect had a proven alibi.
(b) The evidence was tampered with.
(c) There wasn't enough evidence.
(d) The murder suspect disappeared.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is the light above the graves of Francis and Frances' parents?

2. Who gives a gun to the boy's father?

3. What does Brother Regan teach the boys at the school in December of 1948?

4. What do Frances and Francis do every day?

5. In Chapter 1, where does the boy's mother ask him to take flowers?

(see the answer key)

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